Wire fence.



No. 758,766. PATENTBD MAY s, 1904. Ls. MARTIN.

WIRE FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 190s.

No MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OEEicE.

JOHN S. MARTIN, OF BAUGHMAN TOW NSHIP, IVAYNE COUNTY, OHIO.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,766, dated May 3, 1904.

Application tiled August 17,1903. Serial No. 169,808. (No model.)

To [LH urb/mn, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. MARTIN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing in Baughman township, in the county of IVayne and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful W'ire Fence, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire fences of the class embodying in their construction horizontal line-wires and filling wires interwoven therewith, and has for its objects to produce a device of this character in which the weaving of the filling-wire with the line-wires may be readily performed by hand, one in which spooling and cutting' of the filling-wire is obviated, and one in which the line-wires are free for longitudinal movement through the engaging portions of the filling-wire, thus allowing the line-wires to be placed under tension longitudinally without in any way straining the filling-wires or incurring risk of rupturing the wires at the points of intersection.

To these ends the invention comprises the novel details of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing the figure is a view in elevation of a section of the fence embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1 l indicate the fence-posts disposed atopposite ends of a fencesection and between which extend horizontal line-wires 2 3 #l 5, which are suitably spaced vertically one above another,these wires being preferably composed from a single length of wire looped back and forth between the posts, as hereinY shown, and attached in some suitable manner to the latter.

6, 7, and S indicate filling-wires, which are woven upon the line-wires, as herein shown, to form engaging coils 9, primary upstanding connecting-loops 10, and secondary depending free loops 11. These filling-wires, which may be readily `woven by hand, are entirely independent one of another, and inasmuch as the weaving of each wire is performed in the same manner I will describe such operation in detail in connection with but one of the wires.

vIn the weaving process the free end of the lilling-wi1'es-as, for example, that of wire 6- is attached in any suitable manner to the post 1 at the point of attachment thereto of linewire 2 and is extended from such point diagonally downward to the line-wire 3, around which it is given a half-turn or coil, as at l2, and is then bent to form one of the free secondary loops 11, which when iirst formed occupies the upstanding position indicated by dotted lines at 13 in the drawing. After formation of loop l1 the wire is given a second half-turn, as at 14, around the line-wire 3 and is thence extended upward in the form of a primary fixed loop 10, which engages over the top wire 2, as at 15. The loop 10 having' been completed, the wire is given another halfturn around the line-wire 3 and bent to form v another secondary loop 11, as in the manner just described, and so on throughout the fencesection, as will be readily understood. After the iirst formation of the loops 11 they are bent downward over the line-wires from the dotted to the full line position shown, and this downward bending of the loops produces a second half-turn of the wire 6 around the wire 3, as at 16, which, together with the half-turn 12, completes the coil 9. It is to be especially noted that by this construction the filling-wires are securely interwoven with the line-wires, but are entirely free from iixed engagement with the latter, whereby the linewires` are free for longitudinal movement in placing' them under tension, which operation may be performed without straining the tilling-wires or endangering a rupturing of the wires at the points of engagement.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce adevice of simple construction which will be strong and durable and present a neat attractive appearance and one in which the filling-wires may be readily interwoven with the line-wires by hand.

In attaining the ends herein set forth I do not limit myself to the exact details herein described, inasmuch as various minor changes may be made therein Without departing from the spirit of the invention,

5 Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A fence comprising a series of line-Wires, a filling-Wire having' primary loops extending around one of the line-Wires and secondary IO loops folded around a second line-Wire to form engaging coils loosely encircling the latter, said secondary loops being free and extended toward a third line-wire of the series.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in I 5 the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN S. MARTIN.

I/Vitnesses:

I. FERRELL, FREDERICK C. BAER. 

